We have established the ASTRUM IT Academy to give our employees the opportunity for constant further development. Suitable for both newcomers and long-standing team members. In this training center for life-long learning we offer in-house programs for knowledge exchange, regular training sessions, and workshops on all things IT. For innovations, engineering and sector know-how, technology stacks, regulations, UX, medical expertise, and much more. This allows us to always work with the latest tools. And create digital vitality. For us and our customers.
Sustained benefit of the ASTRUM IT Academy
Further education & knowledge transfer
Lectures & seminars
Professional education & promotion of young talents
Career start for graduates
Ideas are born from curiosity
We are doing research. Because we simply want to get to know new technologies and, in doing so, make the healthcare sector fit for the future. We have been participating in thrilling research projects for years and have established a multi-professional network of medicine, science, and industry.
Our perennial favorite: software expert training series
The most popular of our internal training series has been available since 2008. It includes a number of workshops with changing topics and modules that deal with vital issues:
Unit Testing
Unit tests are an important step in the development process because, if carried out correctly, they can help to uncover errors in the code at an early stage that may be more difficult to find in later test phases.
Powerweek in a day
For organisations that are not creating enough value with their knowledge and skills, Power Week is the fastest way to gain clarity to eliminate the current bottleneck. Power Week in a Day delivers this highly focussed format in a single day.
Design patterns
Design patterns are about solutions to problems that regularly arise in software development and are intended to help developers adhere to certain principles for good (expandable, testable, maintainable) software.
User story mapping
User story mapping illustrates how to structure requirements from the user’s perspective and translate them into meaningful, realisable units. The aim is to create a common understanding of the user journey and the technical implementation.
AI series
- KI4 Developers:
Services that support us as software developers (e.g. Github CoPilot, ^Cursor, Gemini,…)
Run your own “ChatGPT” – locally on the ASTRUM computer – ISMS/DSGVO compliant.
Expertise in the development of AI-supported software (e.g. programming a neural network)
- AI: Prompt Engineering
- AI: LLM RAG – Retrieval Augmented Generation and Prompt Engineering
- AI: LLM Finetuning
Refactoring
How can software be made readable, comprehensible, expandable, and maintainable in agile software development? And how can the effort of functional extensions and error analysis be minimized?
DevOps with Docker and Docker Compose
DevOps with Docker and Docker Compose automates development processes and also provides
applications or microservices in isolated, reproducible containers with Docker.
Docker Compose manages the containers and their communication with each other,
by configuring them in a .yaml file.
External lecturers enrich our training sessions for you. That way, you can acquire skills in sales, customer management, conversation, or confident appearance. And you can broaden your subject-specific knowledge in such topics as ITIL, PowerShell, unit testing, or C++.
Share your knowledge in ITALKS
Is there any topic that you would like to share with your colleagues within the framework of the Academy? Go ahead! Our ITALKS format offers you the opportunity not only to try your hand at being the lecturer but also to pass something to your colleagues. The topics already dealt with include, among others:
- Machine learning: Deep learning and neural networks for automatic image recognition
- Trends in the field of human-machine interface & mobility
- Mutation testing
- Code Kata – pair programming, TDD
- Technical insights and discussion – AMD project
- Happy ending thanks to positive UX
- Ring buffers as fast as possible
- Unit testing under PowerShell
- Extract from the IT days: OAuth 2.0 and cloud security basics
